Johnnie Teague, 54, agreed to plead guilty to child abuse resulting in death in the January 2024 killing of 16-year-old Jibreal Payne. Other charges of murder, child abuse, assault and reckless endangerment were dropped.
State's Attorney Ivan Bates and Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley announced an indictment of a woman who drove her vehicle at a police officer on a bike after he tried to issue her a parking citation. Tamia Anderson is charged with first-and-second-degree assault, fleeing and eluding, and related traffic offenses after she struck Baltimore Police Officer Lawrence Fasano's patrol bike when he attempted to give her a parking citation.
A Royal Farms employee was arrested on attempted murder charges in connection with a shooting earlier this month that happened while he was on the job near M&T Bank Stadium. Marquece Yarberough, 37, of Baltimore, was arrested in connection with the shooting of a 41-year-old man. Baltimore Police said officers responded to the shooting on Aug. 12 around 5:20 a.m.
The national violent crime rate decreased approximately 9.7% between 2024 and 2025, according to FBI data released Friday by the Trump administration. That included a 4.1 murder rate, which federal authorities said tied with 1955 and 1966 as the lowest in the agency’s data set.
A man was sentenced to life in prison for a shooting that killed one person and injured another at a shopping center in West Baltimore in 2024. Bishop Chance fatally shot Theodore Burrell on July 16, 2024, at the Westside Shopping Center on Frederick Avenue, according to police.
Families gathered Saturday at Sinclair Lane Elementary for Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates’ third annual back-to-school cookout and backpack giveaway.
FBI Baltimore, in collaboration with local, state, and federal officials, announced the results of a large-scale fugitive warrant sweep in Maryland and Delaware, resulting in over 100 arrests, the seizure of firearms and the removal of dangerous offenders from both states.
The men set up folding chairs and linger on the stoop of a shuttered club in Southwest Baltimore. Each day, they congregate almost directly underneath police signs declaring “NO LOITERING.” Their presence unnerves 65-year-old Robert Richardson Jr., who lives across the street. He said he’s witnessed what he suspects are hand-to-hand drug sales with motorists and other passersby. Richardson tinted his home’s windows so the men wouldn’t see him watching. “I want to open the door. Believe it or not, it’s a very nice community,” Richardson said of the Shipley Hill neighborhood where he chose to retire. “It’s uncomfortable. There are seniors there. I don’t think it’s fair for me to pay property taxes and see it daily.”
Baltimore City State's Attorney Ivan Bates detailed one instance where Houchins claimed to be pulling over a car when in fact he was ordering a smoothie.
